Dinner SOS by Bon Appétit

By Bon Appétit

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What's Dinner SOS by Bon Appétit about?

A last-minute party with no menu inspiration. A kitchen with no space. A toddler who will only eat buttered pasta. Name your dinner emergency—Bon Appétit is here to help.
Dinner SOS is the podcast where we answer desperate home cooks' cries for help. In every episode, food director Chris Morocco and a rotating cast of cooking experts tackle a highly specific conundrum and present two solutions. The caller will pick one, cook through it, and let us know if we successfully helped rescue dinner.
Call in with your own dinner emergencies—no problem is too big or too small!
For the recipes featured in Dinner SOS and more, head to bonappetit.com or download the new Epicurious App in the iOS App Store.
You can find episodes of our previous podcast, Food People, here.

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Too Chicken

05.30.2023

Sophie cold called us and left us a voicemail about her fear of cooking chicken, so we got her back on the line to really dig into her concerns. And with the help of Mackenzie Fegan, we offer her some ...

Dinner SOS by Bon Appétit episodes:

05.30.2023 Too Chicken Sophie cold called us and left us a voicemail about her fear of cooking chicken, so we got her back on the line to really dig into her concerns. And with the help of Mackenzie Fegan, we offer her some ...
05.23.2023 Pizza, But Make It Gluten-Free Even with a whole slew of allergies and dietary restrictions, Caitlin manages to find meals to fit her family’s food needs. But she is completely vexed by finding a gluten free pizza dough that is crunchy and chewy. Chris brings ...
05.16.2023 Plant-based POV Michela is a life-long vegetarian who needs some inspiration and ideas for getting more protein into her diet. So, Chris enlists the one-and-only Hetty McKinnon to help reframe Michela’s thinking on cooking with plants. Recipes featured in the episode: From ...
05.09.2023 How To Cook More Sustainably With Pierce Abernathy Sustainability mailbag: Fried Caper and Artichoke Toasts, Vegan Chocolate Mousse with Sesame Brittle, Herb-Stuffed Flatbreads with Yogurt Sauce, Lemony Brothy Beans with Asparagus, Beet and Mushroom Miso Ragu Pierce's pop-up tour: https://piercespringtour.com/ Aerthship collective: https://aerthship.com/ Learn more about your ad ...
04.25.2023 April Mailbag Recipes featured in the episode: Chocolate-Almond Fridge Fudge Gluten-Free Chocolate-Tahini Brownies One-Pot Puttanesca Meatball Soup with Beef Stew Vibes Citrus-Braised Pork with Crispy Shallots Red Wine and Soy-Braised Short Ribs Soy-Braised Brisket Coconut-and-Lemongrass-Braised Short Ribs Coconut-Marinated Short Rib Kebabs with ...
04.18.2023 BONUS: Picky Eater Extended Cut Chris and Sonia visit the studio to reflect on their time with Maddy. Plus, hear her try a few more things! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
04.11.2023 A Together-Worthy Meal Lauren and her family love inviting people over for Shabbat dinner. But between dietary restrictions and kids, sometimes figuring out what to make feels too hard. So she often resorts to ordering in. Still, Lauren feels like there's a way ...
04.04.2023 Picky Eater Therapy Our guest Maddy has never even tried a carrot. Her ultimate goal is to be able to sit down at a restaurant and find more than one option appealing, and to shed the title of "pick eater." Chris taps Executive ...
03.28.2023 The Freezer Is Your Friend Lana is a mom to a toddler and lives in a rural area, which means trips to the grocery store aren't that simple or frequent. She's looking for meals that freeze well, that feel new, and are delicious. So, we ...
03.21.2023 Cake It 'Til You Make It Shilpa Uskokovic has been busy baking cakes for any occasion. Listen to hear Shilpa's top five best cake practices, and all the tools you need to successfully bake at home. Plus, she'll answer a few cake questions from the inbox. ...
03.14.2023 When You Want To Impress... Whitney considers herself a beginner in the kitchen, but her dream is to host a multi-course dinner that will really wow her friends. So, Chris and Shilpa throw some really ambitious recipes her way. Will they be too much or ...
03.07.2023 Celebrate Women's History Month with The One Recipe! Noor Murad talks to Jesse this week about the time she almost burned down a kitchen, what it’s like teaching the hard lessons she had to be taught, and her One: Green Frittata With Burnt Eggplant & Pomegranate Salsa. Noor ...
02.28.2023 February Mailbag Edition Chris and Shilpa weigh in on how a vegetarian mom should prepare chicken for her toddler, the only knives you actually need in the kitchen, what cuisine they'd choose for a weeknight dinner, and finally, whether frozen fish is worth ...
02.21.2023 4 Tips for Cooking with a Partner Katianna and John Hong know all about sharing the kitchen together. They’re both chefs and run their restaurant Yangban Society, which was named one of our Best New Restaurants of 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
02.14.2023 You + Me = Dinner They both love to cook, but they don't love cooking together. This Valentine's Day, we help Serena and her boyfriend navigate the kitchen as a team. Recipes featured in this episode: From Rachel, Vada Pav with Dry Coconut-Garlic Chutney, Masala ...
02.07.2023 The Sound of Mac & Cheese Whenever Blake makes mac and cheese, it tastes like cardboard. Maggie Hoffman and Chris offer him two approaches to the dish to make sure that never happens again. Recipes featured in this episode: From Maggie, Our Favorite Mac and Cheese ...
01.31.2023 Nextover Nirvana Like many of us, Jenn is experiencing leftover fatigue. So, Kendra and Chris introduce her to the lifechanging art of nextovers. Recipes featured in this episode: From Kendra, Beer-Braised Carnitas, Buttery Tomato and Cinnamon-Spiced Rice and from Chris, Chicken Tinga ...
01.24.2023 When in Doubt...Funghi Nico and Natalie love cooking together, but after Natalie developed a dairy intolerance cooking their favorite dishes just hasn't been the same. Chris invites vegan-chef Chrissy Tracey to help Nico and Natalie navigate the world of dairy-free. Recipes featured in ...
01.17.2023 Paging Dr. Donut Aruna is about as prepared as any home cook could be. But after a bad experience frying, she's terrified to try again. Chris brings in Test Kitchen Coordinator Inés Anguiano to get Aruna back in the frying game! Recipes featured ...
01.10.2023 January Mailbag Edition We love hearing from our listeners, but we get a lot of questions that we can't turn into full episodes. So, to answer your questions, we're going through our inbox and answering them on air. If you have a dinner ...
12.27.2022 Winter Special: Happiness Expert Gretchen Rubin on Overcoming Travel Stress With holiday travel approaching, tensions are running high and things can get, well, a little stressful. To help us feel more at ease as we enter into the festive period, Lale chats with Gretchen Rubin, author of blockbuster books like ...
12.13.2022 Kitchen-to-Party Ratio Claire tends to spend her dinner parties in the kitchen, not with her guests. She called in search of a recipe with big make ahead potential. Recipes Featured in this Episode: From Zaynab, the Date & Soy Shortribs and from ...
12.06.2022 Small Space, Big Dreams Sam's kitchen is tiny, but she really wants to experiment in the kitchen, particularly with baking. Chris enlists the help of Bon Appetit's Deputy Food Editor Hana Asbrink to help Sam bake something beautiful in her small space. If you ...
11.29.2022 Dietary Restriction Bingo Neha is having a dinner party on Friday. But with five guests and a set of four dietary restrictions, she's stumped by what to serve. So, Chris brings in BA Food Editor Shilpa Uskokovic to help Neha figure out what ...
11.22.2022 Thanksgiving SOS: No Kitchen A construction timeline for Rose's kitchen is interfering with her Thanksgiving plans, so she's decided to turn to the grill. Our host Chris Morocco enlists one of the Test Kitchen's greatest grillers to help Rose find the perfect Thanksgiving menu. ...
11.15.2022 An Amsterdam Thanksgiving Brooke is used to hosting Thanksgiving at her mom's house in Texas. But life has brought her to Amsterdam where she's hoping to host the holiday for friends. But trying to navigate her small kitchen, the metric system and grocery ...
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